Atrichoseris platyphylla

Atrichoseris is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.Gray, Asa. 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 410Tropicos, Atrichoseris A. Gray It contains only one known species, Atrichoseris platyphylla, known by the common names tobacco weed, parachute plant, and gravel ghost.Flora of North America, Atrichoseris A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 410. 1884. A. platyphylla is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States (southern California, Arizona, Nevada and the southwestern corner of Utah) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California). The plant produces a low basal rosette of rounded leaves patterned with gray-green and purple patches at ground level. It sends up a weedy-looking thin branching stem up to 70 cm tall, topped with a number of attractive, fragrant white or pink-tinged flowers, about 2.5-5 cm wide, the layered ray florets rectangular and toothed.Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery The flowers bloom between February and May. The hairless fruit has the shape of a five-sided club. The genus name, Atrichoseris, means 'chicory plant without hairs', referring to the fruit, and the specific epithet, platyphylla, means 'flat-leaved'. Gravel ghosts in Death Valley National Park, March 2005.

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